How to teach students to use set for variability – with Jen Yagid and Wendy Darasz

TRT Podcast #230: How to teach students to use set for variability – with Jen Yagid and Wendy Darasz

Jen and Wendy, reading specialists and dyslexia practitioners, explain what set for variability is and why it’s a skill even beginning readers need. 

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• Their blog post about set for variability
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Research studies on set for variability

• Set for Variability as a Critical Predictor of Word Reading: Potential Implications for Early Identification and Treatment of Dyslexia
• Unpacking the Unique Relationship Between Set for Variability and Word Reading Development: Examining Word- and Child-Level Predictors of Performance
• Spelling as Statistical Learning: Using Consonantal Context to Spell Vowels
• The Importance of Flexibility of Pronunciation in Learning to Decode: A Training Study in Set for Variability
• The Role of Set for Variability in Irregular Word Reading: Word and Child Predictors in Typically Developing Readers and Students At-Risk for Reading Disabilities

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